Risk Factors Associated with Developmental Limb Abnormalities in Captive Whooping Cranes

• Main Authors: Kelley, Cristin, Hartup, Barry K.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2008
• Subjects: development; epidemiology; Grus americana; limb abnormality; risk factors; survey; whooping crane; Animal Sciences; Behavior and Ethology; Biodiversity; Ornithology; Population Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nacwgproc/176; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nacwgproc/article/1176/viewcontent/Kelley.pdf

This retrospective survey identifies potential risk factors for developmental limb abnormalities in whooping crane (Grus americana) chicks reared at the International Crane Foundation between 1990 and 2006. We summarized a series of biologicallyrelevant pre- and post-hatch variables from this popula...